there is a way in which this is even an explicit repudiation of the constitution itself, created not to pass some european idea of "nationhood" down to posterity, but to pass *republican self-government* down to posterity.
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there is a way in which this is even an explicit repudiation of the constitution itself, created not to pass some european idea of "nationhood" down to posterity, but to pass *republican self-government* down to posterity.
if they were making a claim about historical origins the logic would push towards the inclusion of blacks, natives and other peoples on the north american continent. but schmitt is fundamentally making a racial claim.
it really is interesting that they recognize it isn't politically possible to claim the US as a specifically anglo-saxon country and thus have to retroactively include groups of european immigrants — seen, at the time, as interlopers — as "white" people entitled to the same claim on national origins
yeah man, they loved germans in the 1840s and italians in the 1890s. couldn't wait to welcome them in.
what's interesting is that schmitt/hochman/whoever wrote this is aware enough of how foreign this is to the actual american experience that they have to include "continental europeans" into this category of legitimate americans
the basic argument of these guys is that lincoln was wrong, douglass was wrong, jefferson was wrong.
oh i forgot about hochman. that's probably the nazi who wrote this www.liberalcurrents.com/missouri-sen...
oh this is straightforward white nationalist agitprop
supreme irony that the party of lincoln is now the party of taney
Sure he’s a weird white nationalist. But when you see Eric Schmitt I want you to remember this: theappeal.org/missouri-att...
Drug trafficking is not a capital crime; it doesn’t carry a death sentence. I genuinely cannot think of anything under U.S. law that would permit premeditated government assassination of people suspected of drug trafficking.
Lethal force against a civilian vessel in international waters is a war crime if not in self-defense. If not in self-defense, only non-lethal actions, such as warning shots or disabling fire, are allowed. "Not yielding to pursuers" or "suspected of carrying drugs" doesn't carry a death sentence.
The White House declares that it would be a “hostile act” if House Republicans voted for a complete release of the Epstein files. Trump seems desperate to cover up any connection with his friend who raped children.
#BREAKING: Fifth Circuit (Southwick & Ramirez, JJ.) holds that President Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act against Tren de Aragua is unlawful, and blocks AEA removals in the Northern District of Texas (over a lengthy dissent from Judge Oldham): www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
you'd think the governor of illinois basically going "we're being invaded by an authoritarian" would be something you'd see real easy on the front page of most everything an hour later
this is what's so strange to me. the news has a material incentive to sensationalize, and this is huge stuff without any exaggeration. is journalistic ideology really that impenetrable?
Bill Kristol being a more reliable ally than half of the institutional Democratic Party seems tailor-made to drive me insane.
"Bowser issued an executive order that requires local coordination with federal law enforcement “to the maximum extent allowable by law within the District.” The order gives no expiration date." I, for one, would like a new mayor (and statehood) www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The red state im currently sitting in has a higher violent crime rate than Illinois, this is Not About Crime
Apple is sneaking AI into everything. Turn off enhanced visual search on your photos:
BTW y'all if you know or work with Russ Vought, you should contact my buddy @andykroll.bsky.social....
The number of ways they make it hard to vote in Alabama is just baffling to folks who have never lived in a voter suppressed state. And the reason they do it is because Alabama is over 25% Black. That's it. That's the entire reason. They don't want Black people to vote.
Well, he just fucking said it outright. Let’s see if our media betters can pass the “Dude, he literally, explicitly said it outright today in front of your cameras,” challenge.
Studies repeatedly show that most people age out of "hardcore" crime by their late 30s and 40s. And nobody is "born to be" a criminal. Even Trump, who is a hardcore criminal who has not aged out of his illicit behavoir, was not born like this. I blame his parents.
One problem with being on Twitter is that Elon Musk constantly rejigs the site to push his views. He cannot be sidelined when he owns the underlying system. His manipulation of the Twitter AI to match his views illustrates this point. Via @kateconger.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...
Meanwhile, Loomer has also been driving an Islamophobic campaign targeting Muslim American federal employees. I'm not going to share the posts but you can imagine how dangerous and disgusting they are. 3/
Last month, following a push from far-right extremist Laura Loomer, the State Dept. paused visa approvals for Palestinians from Gaza seeking medical care. Now it appears to have been expanded into a de facto ban on nearly all Palestinian passport holders. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w... 2/
🧵Over the last few weeks, far-right trolls have escalated a bigoted campaign under the guise of defending Jews, Israel, and Americans — leading to the suspension of visas for nearly all Palestinian passport holders, dangerous attacks on Muslim federal employees, and more. 1/
Great story by my colleagues on the constant political realignment of Grok, the generative AI chatbot over on the other site. This change to Grok’s answer about the greatest threat to Western civilization is particularly ironic/meta. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...
The folk wisdom among political press that "Democrats cannot win on crime, immigration, and culture war issues because they don't represent the real America" goes back more than 40 years and not even the rise of fascism can shake it
Another “emergency” is incoming. READ my latest on “emergency-gate.” open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
This is great reporting on what's happening in one county in western Nebraska, one where I've spent a lot of time, as people watch ICE raids and deportations in other places and expect it will get to Chase County sooner or later. So much better than NYT-style stories on rural places and politics.
The animating philosophy of the current administration is white racism which is, at its core, violent:
Why is the mayor of Baltimore not viewed as "tough on crime?" He's reduced the murder rate significantly. It's harder to commit murders when he's around. Why is the mayor of Chicago not seen as "tough on crime?" He's reduced murders much more than Rahm Emmanuel. Which definition are we using?
Perfect encapsulation of the Trump administration: The guy suing Harvard for alleged antisemitism is a straight-up Hitler-admiring Nazi. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...
when they stop being funded by billionaires
The bank app is telling me to "tap & pay like a boss😏" and "rally my crew". I am 37 years old and you are the bank. Don't talk to me this way.
Wow. I’m sad!
Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.
i'm a california girl through and through but this guy makes me wanna move to nyc just so i can vote for him
From my latest: Emergency-Gate: Focus on Challenging the Premise of Trump’s Power.” open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Despite the AP framing, President Trump didn’t say anything. Someone operating the president’s Truth Social account typed out that statement. He’s still in hiding
MAGA www.cnn.com/2025/08/31/t...
Yes, it was carefully hidden in the New England Journal of Medicine. Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... ) 1/2
Results so stunningly clear they inspired this classic xkcd (xkcd.com/2400/):
Remember Nate Silver refuses to use Bluesky and says you'd have to pay him over a million dollars to use it, so I'm going to suggest he not only doesn't know what "normal" people like, he doesn't even know what Bluesky is.... Signal and the noise guy is full of noise once again.
we should bring back corruption as a liability for politicians
Somebody is throwing things out of a window of the White House wtaf
I’ve already seen this image spread to meme accounts on Instagram claiming it’s “enhanced.” AI cannot “enhance” a blurry photo. It can only guess at what shadows are — and inevitably get them wrong. That’s why he looks so strange. I need y’all to lock in on what’s real and what isn’t before sharing
Hey remember when the President was just randomly walking around on the roof of the White House a few weeks ago? That was weird.
Gonna post these until people understand it’s the every day experience of being Black and living in NYC and has always been this way regardless of administration to the point people EXPECT to get harassed. (1st and 2nd shot were 45 mins apart and I stopped at 2 different wine stores in between)
Honestly, the hour-long run and march of people shouting “Free DC” up 14th Street today is the energy I needed this morning. I love you, DC.
Every Labor Day I remember that the holiday was moved from May 1 to September not only for the Haymarket attacks but to break up the possibility between the US and the international labor movement (which celebrates in May). And it worked!
Don't be a 'political hobbyist.' Here's how to harness your power. @sulliview.bsky.social
“A [Marsha] Blackburn spokesperson said she is against the public’s use of computer-assisted facial recognition to identify ICE officials but supports police use of the technology.” www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
All from an account called RAW EGG Nationalist.
The senator online troll says….”oh dear! That doesn’t sound good.”
First Elon says “read the warning labels.”
You guys see where this is going? Right?
Good on the fans who are calling out their teams for signing players with histories of abuse. We hear you, we support you.
Lotta rapists getting new contracts today.
Pope Leo XIV met with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church. The Rev. James Martin said Leo told him that he intended to continue Pope Francis’ policy of LGBTQ+ acceptance in the church and encouraged him to keep up his advocacy.
It is insane to me that the richest man in the world is using his global megaphone to call for millions of British people to be rounded up and deported (including my family) and somehow this isn’t even news.
52 of 53 Republican senators voted to confirm him.
Last year, voters in Missouri passed a measure to protect abortion rights. But Republicans in the state have repeatedly blocked the referendum from taking effect—and are adding a new measure to election ballots that would largely overturn it.
Every perpetrator of genocide claims their actions are “justified” as a matter of national survival.
Yes, I am worried about the transformation of America’s government. But I’m more worried about what three more years of this will do to the American people. Fascism conditions us to serve our worst, most animal impulses. What sort of country will we be by 2028?
"Fun really is the name of the game for Trump & co. It’s fun for them to see a majority-Democratic city like DC live in fear of violence/deportation, to flood the trains/buses with armed law enforcement just because they can, to unleash troops who understand that they will not be held accountable."
Many thanks to independent journalist Amanda Moore (@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social) for all the footage she captured.
BURGUM: “I was shocked to find out, like, ‘oh, [USPP] pull somebody over and they just drive away and you can't pursue them?’ And they said ‘no, we can't.’ We got that rule changed in 24 hours because of President Trump's leadership. The next night they had so much fun. They pulled people over.”
NEW: A week or so ago, one federal agent kept popping up in videos from Trump's violent DC crackdown—so @jsweetli.bsky.social and I investigated. Turns out he's a 26-year-old US Parks Police officer, a lesser known law enforcement unit currently championed by Interior Sec. Doug Burnum. Our report:
This is something I’ve thought about A LOT lately- the kinds of essential reporting that large traditional media has inexplicably stopped doing. For example, why aren’t there more reporters in the streets of DC, describing what it’s like? It’s truly dumbfounding
Because politics reporters simply post whatever they get texted and can’t be bothered to do shoe leather reporting and we do not have functional metro desks at large traditional media
RFK Jr: “If you’ve ever compared an unvaccinated kid to a vaccinated kid… you see the bright eyes, the engagement, the social interactions, the curiosity. And you compare them to the child who even had one or two vaccines, and they’re completely different.“ This man is an existential threat.
People literally bled & died fighting against corporate interests, robber barons, corrupt local & state politicians, cops & hired killers, & the federal government & US military for better working conditions for the rest of us so reflect on that today for just a bit while you're doing whatever else.
✨IF YOU'RE PROTESTING TODAY✨ If you're protesting today, & have time & means to print out & make a few of these for your region, it's a great thing to hand out to fellow protestors. I've handed out, idk, 50-70 in the last few days? And people are ALWAYS grateful.
Sooknanan asks Ensign about legal authority for the removals. He discusses a statutory provision that authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to unite children with parents from whom they've been separated...
When Sooknanan wraps up, counsel for plaintiffs tell her that their understanding is that the planes with the children have been grounded but that the children have not been deplaned. Sooknanan asks Ensign for an explanation, he says it might be that they're waiting for resolution of this hearing
Sooknanan explains the circumstances of how/when she got the case. First got a call around 2 am last night, entered TRO and set hearing. Moved up hearing after receiving call from plaintiffs to notify her that children were in process of being removed. Then entered new TRO for putative class.
We're back and Sooknanan asks if any planes have taken off. Ensign says all of the planes are on the ground -- one of them might have taken off and turned around. He's not sure. His understanding is that if that's the case, plane has returned.
This whole scenario feels like it's straight outta the government's Alien Enemies Act/J.G.G. playbook. In J.G.G., Boasberg entered TRO barring removal of named plaintiffs and set weekend emergency hearing on certification of class. But DHS started removing people just before/during hearing...
people on TV looked right into the camera with a straight face and said "if you don't go to Disney Land the terrorists have won."
This is not legal, unconstitutional. Only time Missouri Legislature is allowed to do redisticting is after a decennial Census, not mid-decade. See: redistricting.lls.edu/state/missou...
It’s not true that there are no principled conservatives, and every time they appealed to principle it was merely a mask for “it’s bad if you do it, but good when we do it, and we’re eager to do it a lot more.” It’s just that principled conservatives all went NeverTrump, by Jan. 6 at the latest.
Trump/RFK are decapitating our public health system, a pillar of American greatness. So Dem Govs should scour every corner of the law for creative new ways to defend their people from this madness. Dems should polarize this debate to the max. Thoughts on this here: newrepublic.com/article/1998...
We can win this country back--with joy, with effort, and by actually listening and responding to people's material needs. But if the thing we need is unity, fucking UNIFY.
I've said it before and I will say it again: Choosing people to hate together is not unity.
The low-hanging fruit is inches from the ground; we just need the courage to sweep it up.
We are in an unprecedented time--when most people's needs are simply not being addressed by politicians, because addressing those needs will upset the uber-wealthy who hold the purse strings of political donations.
I agree with much of this thread, but I think it needs to be said: if unity is the way to get around fascists, we need to fucking unify, and that means at this stage, swiftly discouraging the wedge issue dividers in our own party.
We have an extraordinary example of someone who is a unifier beyond expectation right now, and it's Zohran Mamdani. He does not throw anyone under the bus. The most important thing he did? Listen to what has people most upset. Propose policy that met those needs.
RADDATZ: One of the things they are trying to do in DC with the National Guard is have them back up local law enforcement WES MOORE: They are picking up trash
Our news media are so broken. There's a way to challenge someone in an interview without looking like you're the press secretary for the other side. ABC's Martha Raddatz badly misses the mark. "Why fight with the president?" she asks.
this has been the move for EIGHT MONTHS. And as usual we wait until a WHITE man says it and only after Black women have been purposely harmed for almost five years by the refusal to prepare to fix this
A more perfect metaphor for the far right doesn’t exist. We all know that sliced white bread is still widely available and sells as well as ever, probably the majority of bread sales. What Alex finds objectionable is the existence of anything else, even in a minority.
" Our freedom is only as good as our ability to exercise it."
Trump freaked over White House limestone damage, scoured surveillance, and wants the contractor billed. Turnbull quipped he’ll hit meltdown mode when Newsom tears it out and dumps it in a landfill. www.rawstory.com/trump-contem...
Not all heroes throw subs. But some do. ICYMI @monacharen.bsky.social celebrates signs of defiance against Trump: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-sub-he...
The FTC notified companies like Google, Meta, and Apple that they must not apply the Digital Services Act, which regulates digital platforms, if it jeopardizes the freedom of Americans. www.wired.com/story/big-te...